17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia | Memory of Nations

Václav Houfek, studio photo, Ústí nad Labem, 2023

Mgr. Václav Houfek

* 1963

Déclassé, Politician, Life along the Iron Curtain, Spolupracovník Vojenské kontrarozvědky

1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 3 more anniversaries

Sixteen-year-old Zdeněk Hovorka

Zdeněk Hovorka

* 1963

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Eva Hozmannová during high school graduation period, 1950s

Ing. Eva Hozmanová

* 1941

Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ondřej Hrab through the lens of Japanese dancer and actor Min Tanaka, 1984

Ondřej Hrab

* 1952

Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Miroslav Hrabák during the recording in the Paměť národa studio. 9. 7. 2019, Most.

Miroslav Hrabák

* 1921 †︎ 2020

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Emilie Hrabáková in 1957

Emilie Hrabáková

* 1940

Politician, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Milan Hrabal, Liberec, 2024

Milan Hrabal

* 1954

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, A cultural celebrity, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Alexandr Hrabálek in 2019

Alexandr Hrabálek

* 1956

Politician, Scientist

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Petr Hrabalik

* 1962

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Art and censorship

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners and 5 more anniversaries

Jan Hraběta in 2021

Jan Hraběta

* 1940

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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